Buckle and snap



(No Model.)

W. H. PUGH.

BUCKLE AND SNAP.

Patented Dec. 19, 1893.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. PUGH, or OARTHAGE, omo.

BUCKLE AND SNAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 511,310, dated December19, 1893.

Application filed August 10, 1891. Serial No. 402,191. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. PUGH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oarthage, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in buckles and other fasteningdevices.

The object of my invention is to devise a buckle and other fasteningdevices with a construction which will permit of straps or similarthings being secured thereto without the use of thread, rivets or anyother fastening means.

The invention consists of a'frame or body, part of such device having arectangular form and a clamp pivoted within the said frame in a mannerto clamp and secure a strap or like constructed in common therewith.

The same numbers refer to the same parts in different figures.

1 is the frame of the device and having the buckle in common in Figs. 1and 2.

2 is a cross-bar with which the tongue 3 is made integral and which ispivoted at its ends in the side parts of the frame 1.

6 is a flat back end cross-bar of the body 1, and 7 is a round cross-baradjacent the latter.

5 is a clamp pivoted within and to the frame body 1 by the pivot 4t, andmay be turned about the pivot 4: when inserting and securing the end ofthe strap 8. When there is no strap connected to the device and it isheld horizontal, as shown in Fig. 2, the long part of the clamp 5 willhang downward when the end of a strap may be passed through the slotbetween the end bars 6, 7, of the body 1 over the short end of the clamp5, and down between the clamp and the cross-bar 2 of the buckle, andthen passed backward and through the slot between the bars 6, 7,sufficiently to be held in that position. The strap is then pulled awayfrom the buckle and the clamp drawn up into the position shown in thefigures. The space between the buckle, crossbar 2 and the adjacent endof the clamp 5 is less than the thickness of any strap used, so that theend of the clamp will bind the strap against the cross-bar 2, and whenthe strap is drawn tight into the position shown in the figures, it willbe held securely. Every pull .upon the strap 8 will serve to tighten andmore fully secure the strap in place in this fastening device.

Fig. 3 shows a modification of a fastening device having the same clamparrangement as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In Fig. 3, 10 is the body of asnap-hook, 11 the hook, 12 the spring guard and 13 a screw by which theguard is secured to the body of the hook.

The clamp device shown and described is adapted for use in variousfastening devices and hence the invention is not limited to those shownand described.

What I claim is-' In a strap fastener, the combination of a devicelocated at one end for making a connection in any desired manner, and ofthe following device, viz: a frame 1 having a central opening, and across-bar 2 located at one end of the opening, and a cross-bar 7 locatedat the other end of said opening, and an oscillating lever clamp 5located in the said opening and pivotally f ulcrumed at 4 to the frame,the width of the space between the forward cross-bar 2 and the forwardend of lever 5 when approximated thereto being less than the thicknessof the strap to be locked therein,

the device being further provided with a crossbar 6, to the rear of thelever 5, and opposite to the cross-bar 7, whereby a slot or opening ispresent between said cross-bars 6 and 7,

substantially as and for the purposesspecified. In testimony whereof Inow affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. PUGH.

Witnesses:

EDWARD P. ROBBINS, O. O. WARRINGTON.

